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Gen Kitchen vs Shivani Raja

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden
vs
Photograph of Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Shivani Raja voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 298 different votes 304 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
37 Aye 25 No
Tax 2% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
4 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
Participation
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
594
676 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
285
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
309
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

0
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
16
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
0
-142.5 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
18
-124.5 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£248,055
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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